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Bank holidays in March 2022: Check this list before visiting your bank

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mentioned some days when the banking operations will remain closed in the month of March 2022, although online banking activities will continue to work.

Bank holidays in March 2022: Before visiting your bank branch in the month of March 2022, you must take a note of the important days during which several bank branches will remain closed in the country.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mentioned some days when the banking operations will remain closed in the month of March 2022, although online banking activities will continue to work.

Banks will remain closed for a total 13 days in the month of March 7 as per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) holiday calendar list and the remaining days are that of weekends.

However, you must note that the banks will NOT be closed for 13 days in all states or regions. 

This is the total number of days when banks in different parts of the country will remain closed for state-observed holidays. 

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For example bank branches might be closed for Bihar Diwas in Bihar but NOT closed for the same festival in Assam.

Bank holidays in March 2022:

1 March 2022- Mahashivratri (Maha Vad-14)

3 March 2022- Losar

4 March 2022- Chapchar Kut

17 March 2022- Holika Dahan

18 March 2022- Holi/Holi 2nd Day – Dhuleti/Doljatra

19 March 2022- Holi/Yaosang 2nd Day

22 March 2022- Bihar Diwas

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On 1st March, banks in most of the cities will remain closed, except Agartala, Aizawl, Chennai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal. Kolkata, New Delhi, Panaji, Patna, and Shillong. 

On 3rd March, banks in only Gangtok will observe a holiday on account of Losar. While banks in Aizawl will remain closed on 4th March on account of Chapchar Kut. 

On 17th March, Holika Dahan day, banks in Dehradun, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Ranchi will remain shut. 

On 19th March, banks in just three cities will remain closed i.e. Bhubaneswar, Imphal, and Patna, to observe Holi/Yaosang 2nd Day. 

And on 22nd March, banks in only Patna will be closed on account of Bihar Diwas.

Weekend bank holidays in March 2022

6 March 2022: Weekly off (Sunday)

12 March 2022: Second Saturday

13 March 2022: Weekly off (Sunday)

20 March 2022: Weekly off (Sunday)

26 March 2022: Fourth Saturday

27 March 2022: Sunday

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